Published: August 29, 2008 12:13 pm            

LUMBERJACKS: Season preview

2008 LUMBERJACKS: The 2008 North Tonawanda Lumberjacks are, bottom row, from left: Mike Zwetsch, Joe Gravino, Jeff Zellner, Mike Elmore, Matt Potalivo, Kevin Miller, Dan Brandel and Eric Wildey. Second row, from left: Josh Kasprzyk, Zachary Weiland, Cory Stuff, Chris Yeomans, Brandon McClinsey, Alec Lemanski, Ben Bunker and Pat Mangus. Third row, from left: Jeff Daigler, Pat King, Dan Schmigel, Jesse Thompson, Mike Ando, Pat Starkey, Joe Gandt and Tim Mordaunt. Fourth row, from left: Zach Christopher, Alex Shemendera, Beau Kieser, Mark Christopher, Brandon Shoemaker, Aaron Kostrewa, Cody Klawiter and Bruce Hakes. Fifth row, from left: Joe Medina, Brendan Wingrove, Jim Rogers, Steve Kijowski, Casey Shreve, Jeff Schinaman, Devan Moultrie and Andy Mellott. Sixth row, from left: Clayton Schmidt, Randy Miskho, Max Jackson, Kyle Shreve, Mike Tuzzo, Kevin Van Hise, Ben Kanaley, Aaron Davis and Sean Mcdonough. Seventh row, from left: Billy Conners, Shaun Schottmiller, Josh Ortiz, Josh Kern, Travis Charsley and Joe Montesanti. Top row, from left: Dave Celeste, Kevin Pieper, Brian Hoffman, head coach Eric Jantzi, Chris Cook, Corey Zayatz and Rick Tomm.



North Tonawanda Lumberjacks

Section VI Class AA North

2007 record: 6-3, 5-0



2008 SCHEDULE

9/6 at Williamsville North 2 p.m.

9/12 NIAGARA FALLS 7 p.m.

9/20 at Lockport 2 p.m.

9/26 KENMORE WEST 7 p.m.

10/4 at Niagara-Wheatfield 2 p.m.

10/10 ST. JOE’S 7 p.m.

10/18 at Tonawanda 6 p.m.



COACH ERIC JANTZI’S SCOUTING REPORT

“(Fullback) Jeff Zellner has improved his speed a lot and he’s worked hard on his hands. He’s becoming a better runner each week. ... We lost a couple leaders along the offensive line in Aaron Roy and Steve Brown, but Ben Bunker is back, and he’s a three-year starter. Dan Brandel is also back and he started last year. There’s a couple of spots along the line that are pretty much filled, but the rest of them are still open. ... (Aaron) Davis is taking reps mostly at running back, but we’ll use him all over the place. ... On defense, Steve Kijowski has moved to inside linebacker this year, he was outside last season. Davis and (Kevin Miller) are going to be our safeties, so we’ll have some guys back there who are 6-foot-4 or 6-5. ... Mike Tuzzo and Miller are our quarterbacks. ... We seem to be more athletic than we’ve been in a while.”

— Jay Skurski

        

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